Bill Toomey Quotes

Discipline is doing what you really don't want to do so you can do what you really want to do.

In order to get to where I want to be, I have to do the right things off the field, first.

From the very start of my career, it was clear to me that achievement was built on discipline.

You have to be the one setting your own goals, trying to achieve those goals.

But having set myself these goals, I had to work really hard to achieve them.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

You've got to be a disciplined person if you want to succeed both in sport and in life.

I'm in lockdown mode as far as what I want to accomplish. I don't let anything else get in my way.

Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.

Discipline has been a key factor to my success.

One of the great lessons I've learned in athletics is that you've got to discipline your life. No matter how good you may be, you've got to be willing to cut out of your life those things that keep you from going to the top.

The big picture is the Trials and Olympics. I just have to keep focused for that, keep moving forward.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

I myself would like to become more disciplined within my work.

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

I enjoy hard work; I love setting goals and achieving them.

If you set goals for yourself, and you're like a lot of other people, you probably realize it's not that your goals are physically impossible that's keeping you from achieving them; it's that you lack the self-discipline to stick to them. It's physically possible to lose weight. It's physically possible to exercise more.

It's just a matter of understanding what's necessary and discipline yourself to do it.

It doesn't matter whether you are pursuing success in business, sports, the arts, or life in general: The bridge between wishing and accomplishing is discipline.

Self-discipline is an act of cultivation. It require you to connect today's actions to tomorrow's results. There's a season for sowing a season for reaping. Self-discipline helps you know which is which.

There was a moment in time where I was really focused on the Navy and I followed through with it - I passed the test. I was happy with myself because I was accomplishing something and I was really working towards a goal. That was the first true thing I invested my energy in.

I kind of peak at how far I can push my body, and then I run out of determination for the habit and start easing off. It's really just a lack of focus and discipline.

My point is, if you want to achieve anything in life, it is not enough to merely wish for it. You must develop that kind of 4:30 AM discipline that distinguishes you from others.

Skating taught me to set a goal and to block out other things and just focus on this one thing.

One of the widest gaps in human experience is the gap between what we say we want to be and our willingness to discipline ourselves to get there.